test 36 C1
* Writing
1. “ Were it not for his command of local dialect, we all would be put in prison, right today,” said Brian
A. Brian said that had it not been for his command of local dialect they all would have been put in prison right that day.
B. Brian said that thanked to his command of local dialect, they all can avoid being put in prison right that day.
C. Brian said that if it were not for his command of local dialect they would be put in prison, right that day.
D. Brian said that if it were not for his command of local dialect they would be put in prison, right today
2. They gave her a fortune knowing from the bottom of their hearts that she was soon to drain it off.
A. They knew for sure that she would drain it off B. Deep in their hearts they knew she definitely used it up soon
C. They knew for certain that she was to enhance it D. She was surely to keep it intact .

3. It was for her stubbornness that made her stay behind others.
A. Were it not for her stubbornness, she wouldn’t be made to stay behind others
B. If it not had been for her stubbornness, she wouldn’t have been made to stay behind others.
C. If she hadn’t been stubborn, she wouldn’t be made to stay behind others.
D. Had it not been for her stubbornness, she wouldn’t have been made to stay behind others.

4. The only thing I forgot to put in my case was the camera. A. I didn’t forget to put the camera in my case. C. The only thing in my case was the camera. C. I put everything in my case but the camera. D. In my case I put only my camera, not the other things

5. As far as I can see, she’s enjoying living on her own, and getting on quite well with her new job.
A. I think she’s getting along just find at work, and the single life seems to suit her a lot better.
B. It appears to me that, as well as having fun living alone, she’s also quite successful in her new position.
C. I know that living as a single woman is something she likes, along with her success in her job.
D. Living alone and having a successful job are just what she wanted, and she seems to have attained both.

6. By the time the visitors started showing up, he still hadn’t completed the dinner preparations.
A. He was still preparing the dinner when the guests began to arrive.
B. The visitors began to arrive just as he was finishing up the preparations for dinner.
C. The moment the guests started coming in, he finished with the dinner preparations.
D. He wasn’t able to finish preparing the dinner until the guests had all arrived.

7. We couldn’t have bought him that jacket because we simply didn’t have enough money.
A. we didn’t buy that jacket for him owing to the fact that it was too expensive for us.
B. Had we had a little more money, we might have considered buying him that jacket.
C. The price of that jacket was barely affordable for us, so we decided not to buy it for him after all.
D. As we just didn’t have the necessary amount of money, it was impossible for us to buy him that jacket.

8. It’d be surprising if our manager didn’t get fired after our poor results this season.
A. After having done so poorly this year, the manager thinks he is going to get fired.
B. We have done so badly this season that our manager is very likely to lose his job.
C. They really should have fired the manager after he’d had such a bad season.
D. There is some doubt over the future of our manager, in spite of his not doing too badly this season.

9. He was suspected to have stolen credit cards. The police have investigated him for days.
A. Suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
B. Suspecting to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
C. Having suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
D. He has investigated for days, suspected to have stolen credit cards.Developments in the science of genetic
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